Sunday, 1 March 2015

A real gem of a church - but one we had never heard of until we visited it as part of our cemetery survey.

This gravestone has a number of interesting features. The mason had a problem with the surname of the father of the three dead children - was it Lloyd or Loyd? Edward Lloyd seems to have been a blacksmith and he was married to Sarah.

They lost two children in June 1781 (Elizabeth aged 2 and Richard aged 1) and another, Sarah, in 1790 when she was 12.

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In the Middle Ages Adderley was a substantial market town but progressive depopulation has meant that this church is no longer in regular use.

Died at the age of 99 years and 360 days.

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